Utpal Kumar Raha is a former Research Scholar at Rajiv Gandhi School of IP Law, IIT Kharagpur, India. His research interest is ocean law and policy. He has been writing in the area of underwater cable law and policy and maritime security, marine conservation in peer-reviewed journals and also presented research papers in conferences held in Asia and Europe. Before that, he has qualified for University Grand Commission National Eligibility Test in 2013, and masters in law from the Hidayatullah National Law University, Raipur, a reputed institution among the national law schools in India. Raju K.D. is Professor of Law at Rajiv Gandhi School of IP Law, IIT Kharagpur, India. He has several books and book chapters to his credit in addition to papers in international journals. His research interests are WTO law, IP and competition law, and Law of the Sea, Air & Space.